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john cornyn/ senador de texas 44:00 with a sense of frustration the way this issue has been wielded as political weapon.. este senador republicano dijo que no poda respaldar una medida que se est usando como arma poltica por demcratas.. s.o.t. senador dick durbin/ senador de illinois :05 they criticize the bill and offer no alternative. el autor dijo que los republicanos critican el proyecto de ley, pero no ofrecen una alternativa. s.o.t. jazmin segura/siren 4:18:00 mientras no consigan los votos, los 60 votos, las audiencias no va a realmente cambiar nada y no nos van a mover hacia adelante.. la organizacin siren comparte la opinin de observadores de que dada la desventaja de demcratas en el congreso, es improbable que el proyecto sea aprobado.. s.o.t. 3:52:00 el senado está teniendo audiencias pero creo que necesitamos un plan completo... nats.. francisca quisiera que la ley se aprobara para que sus 4 hermanos menores no sufran lo que ella ha vivido.. s.o.t. francisca melchor/quisiera en dream act 11:35:00 que pues no tienes un buen trabajo, siempre pides trabajo y no te lo dan por f

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texas senator john cornyn warned democrats will pay the price unless they accept huge spending cuts. >> obviously if it's possible to deal with the spending problem and the entitlement reforms, that's our first choice but if the president and his party refuse to do the right thing, then in the senate they're going to be required to vote to raise the debt limit. we'll have a referendum in 2012 on that decision. >> sreenivasan: in turn, democratic majority leader harry reid criticized several republican presidential candidates for suggesting the issue is not so urgent. >> i think everyone needs to do a better job of explaining to the american people what it means to raise the debt ceiling. what the american people seem to think-- and i can understand why they would think that, but it's wrong-- that this means just more spending. all that raising the debt ceiling does is indicate we're going to pay our bills. we already accrued. >> sreenivasan: the treasury department has said the government will hit the debt ceiling and risk default by early august. fire crews in northern new mexico st

i yield five minutes to my friend and colleague from texas, senator john cornyn. mr. cornyn: madam president, i join my colleagues from kentucky and the junior senator from utah in recognizing the leadership of the senior nor from utah, senator hatch, on this even more compelling issue, the balanced budget amendment, today than it was even back in 1997, and i couldn't help but be struck by the figures that the senior senator from utah mentioned earlier when he said that in 1997 the house of representatives passed a balanced budget amendment. it came to the senate and failed by one vote. the deficit in 1997 was ruffly $-- was roughly $107 billion. today it is $1.5 trillion. the national debt in 1997, if i recall what the senator said -- he can correct me if i am wrong -- today it is roughly $14.3 trillion, approaching $15 trillion. back in 1997, it was $5 trillion. did i get those figures correct? mr. hatch: back in 1-9d 1997, e lost it by one vote. we had 67 votes. one of our senators slipped on us and we lost it by one vote. mr. cornyn: i agree with the senator from k

john boehner. host: nancy pelosi. "we are now beginning the process of bringing our troops home and ending the war in afghanistan." host: senator cornynpublican of texas. back to your calls. josh is a republican in sweetwater, texas. what did you think of the president's speech last night? caller: it was interesting. host: what does that mean? caller: i do believe we need to draw back our troops as soon as possible. yes, i do. i do not believe that we should be spending all the money that the united states spends to help them rebuild their country. germany and other countries we went to war with in the past -- has made them proud for themselves. if we continue to support -- they will never get any better. host: "we should not adhere to a timetable" -- this is met ronnie -- this is mitt romney. in fact, hillary clinton will testify at the senate foreign relations committee today beginning at 10:00 a.m.. you can see that on c-span3. she will be talking about the president's withdrawal plan. this is issa. he takes a little bit of a different tact. host: shady side, maryland, sarah on the line for independents. all right. let's try oklaho

it's -- one of the best ways to tell you is to quote john cornyn, senator john cornyn whorbgs said a2 million e.d.a. grant for water tower in texas will -- quote -- "pave the way for creation of new jobs and business opportunities." that says it all. we have 27 republicans who went on the record saying the e.d.a. was a good job-creation bill. we know that historically $1 of e.d.a. investment attracts $7 in private-sector investment. so while this is a $500 billion, madam president, if you see that it's $7 for each $1, it's into the billions in terms of the job creation that will follow. as a matter of fact, we know that the jobs created here will be between about 250,000 and a million over the life of the bill. a million jobs. all we need is a cloture vote. this e.d.a. started in 1965, and it has been supported by democrats and republicans. i gave you an example of senator cornyn and what he said. these are just some of the people who are supporting us: the conference of mayors, public works association. it goes on into all of our states. the university economic development associati